Cosmetic stick display unit



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lllllln T. SOLENGHI COSMETIC STICK DISPLAY UNIT Filed June 24, 1960 May 7, 1963 PROPR/Efdl? The'r se 5 OLE /V 6/ A 7TORNY$ p 3,088,585 [C6 Patented May 7, 1963 3,088,585 COSMETIC STICK DISPLAY UNIT Therese Solenghi, 34 Rue de Provence, Paris, France Filed June 24, 1960, Ser. No. 46,856 2 Claims. (Cl. 206--45.19)

This invention relates to a display unit for the display of cosmetic sticks or the like wherein the colour, shape and texture are taken into consideration by the eventual purchaser before buying the article.

It is well known that the user of such articles prefers to choose and inspect the product he thinks is most suitable for the desired application before making the actual purchase. However, such articles as cosmetic sticks or the like are altered in shade and texture when left in open air any extended length of time or become dirty or lose their original brightness. Chemical agents in the atmosphere tend to change the appearance of such materials after a short While.

According to the present invention, the conventional tube of lipstick containers or the like are provided with a factitious body, made of solid air-unalterable material, having the same shape, shade and texture as those of the corresponding lipstick enclosed in the container, said body being secured to the base of the container and extending away therefrom: the assembly being mounted in an opening through a display panel in such a manner that only the factitious body is visible above the panel while the lipstick remains sheltered in its container and hidden from view below the panel. The container may be taken out of the panel when the eventual user wants to test the stick for shade.

The invention will be best understood by the description that follows of preferred embodiments thereof, having reference to the annexed drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is an axial cross-section of a display unit made according to the invention and wherein the container is retained in the opening through the panel by means of a cup-shaped member force-fitted over the container;

FIGURE 2 is an axial cross-section, similar to that of FIGURE 1, wherein the cup-shaped member is screwed to a threaded extension of the factitious body;

FIGURE 3 is again an axial cross-section, similar to those of FIGURES 1 and 2, wherein the factitious body is glued onto the cosmetic stick container.

FIGURE 1 illustrates a conventional lipstick container 1, shown without the usual inner screwing mechanism but having a lipstick 2 of general ogive shape. Container 1 preferably rests, by its cover 3, on a plate or similar element 4a acting as a support therefor and located at a convenient distance from panel 4 proper. Although only one container 3 has been illustrated, it will be understood that the display panel may comprise a great many more containers, often as many as twenty or thirty of different shades of cosmetic sticks.

Force-fitted around container 1 at the base end thereof is a cup-shaped member 5, the outer cylindrical surface of which may be knurled or otherwise roughened for easy handling. The bottom of said cup-shaped body 5 is apertured to allow free passage to a factitious body 6 which accurately reproduces the shape, shade, brightness and texture of the cosmetic stick 2 and which is made of a material not effected by atmospheric agents. Body 6 is provided with a base abutting the container base and formed with a lateral extension or flange 7 engageable by the bottom of the cup-shaped member so as to be retained against the base of container 1. It will be noted that the outer peripheral dimension of cup-shaped member 5 is greater than that of the panel opening so that the container 1 and the factitious body 6 will not accidentally slip inside panel 4 and that only body 6 is actually visible above the said panel 4.

In the alternative embodiment of FIGURE 2, the opening through the bottom of cup-shaped member 5 is threaded and engages with a threaded extension 6a of body 6.

In FIGURE 3, the base of body 6 is glued to the base of container 1 so that cup-shaped member 5 may be dispensed with. That is why it is only shown in dotted lines.

In a fourth embodiment which is not illustrated in the drawings, the base of container 1 is bored so as to allow the base of the factitious body 6 to engage and freely slide in the chamber within the container 1. In such a case, the base of body 6 is reduced to a convenient diameter to provide a sliding friction in the chamber and is made integral with the conventional reciprocating mechanism of the cosmetic stick 2 so that when the user with draws the lipstick from the container to test it, body 6 follows and enters the container without disturbing the testing or using of the stick. Inversely, when the testing and using is over, backward movement of the stick into the container is accompanied by raising of factitious body 6 outside thereof to its former position, in accord ance with FIGURE 1 or 3.

I claim:

1. A display unit for cosmetic sticks comprising at least one container for protectively housing a cosmetic stick and having a closed base and an open end for the passage of said cosmetic stick therethrough; a cover for said container open end; a factitious body of a solid airunalterable material similating the shape, shade and texture of the cosmetic stick to be housed within said container; said body having a base abutting said container base with said body extending from said container; means fixedly connecting said body base to said container base; a display panel having at least one opening with said container partially extending therethrough; connecting means consisting of a lateral extension of said body base providing a lateral flange; a cup-shaped member having an apertured bottom, an open end, and a skirt and said cupshaped member bottom abutting said body flange with said container extending into said cup-shaped member open end within said skirt thereof for connection thereto, the outer peripheral dimension of said cup-shaped member being greater than the peripheral dimension of said panel opening and said cup-shaped member contacting said panel.

2. A display unit for cosmetic sticks comprising at least one container for protectively housing a cosmetic stick and having a closed base and an open end for the passage of said cosmetic sticks therethrough; a cover for said container open end; a factitious body of a solid air unalterable material similating the shape, shade and texture of the cosmetic stick to be housed within said container, said body having a base abutting said container base with said body extending from said container; means fixedly 3,088,585 t L I connecting said body base to said container base; a display panel having at least one opening with said container partially extending therethrough; said connecting means consisting of a cup-shaped member having a bottom and a skirt; said cup-shaped member bottom having a threaded 5 aperture; said body base having a threaded extension in panel.

threaded engagement with said cup-shaped member bot- 542,736 tom aperture and said cup-shaped member being driven 1,226,150 onto said container for connection therethrough; the 2,015,222

outer peripheral dimension of said cup-shaped member 10 2,595,403

being greater than the peripheral dimension of said panel opening and said cup-shaped member contacting said References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Williams July 16, 1895 Warren May 15, 1917 Hinson Sept. 24, 1935 Neuschaefer May 6, 1952 

1. A DISPLAY UNIT FOR COSMETIC STICKS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE CONTAINER FOR PROTECTIVELY HOUSING A COSMETIC STICK AND HAVING A CLOSED BASE AND AN OPEN END FOR THE PASSAGE OF SAID COSMETIC STICK THERETHROUGH; A COVER FOR SAID CONTAINER OPEN END; A FACTITIOUS BODY OF A SOLID AIRUNALTERABLE MATERIAL SIMILATING THE SHAPE, SHADE AND TEXTURE OF THE COSMETIC STICK TO BE HOUSED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER; SAID BODY HAVING A BASE ABUTTING SAID CONTAINER BASE WITH SAID BODY EXTENDING FROM SAID CONTAINER; MEANS FIXEDLY CONNECTING SAID BODY BASE TO SAID CONTAINER BASE; A DISPLAY PANEL HAVING AT LEAST ONE OPENING WITH SAID CONTAINER PARTIALLY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH; CONNECTING MEANS CONSISTING OF A LATERAL EXTENSION OF SAID BODY BASE PROVIDING A LATERAL FLANGE; A CUP-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURED BOTTOM, AN OPEN END, AND A SKIRT AND SAID CUPSHAPED MEMBER BOTTOM ABUTTING SAID BODY FLANGE WITH SAID CONTAINER EXTENDING INTO SAID CUP-SHAPED MEMBER OPEN END WITHIN SAID SKIRT THEREOF FOR CONNECTION THERETO, THE OUTER PERIPHERAL DIMENSION OF SAID CUP-SHAPED MEMBER BEING GREATER THAN THE PERIPHERAL DIMENSION OF SAID PANEL OPENING AND SAID CUP-SHAPED MEMBER CONTACTING SAID PANEL. 